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V WILLIAM A.' LQDER. orRyoCHESTER,` 'New YORK.,

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4TO'ALL WHoM 1r` MAY c'oNcERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMA. LODEIR, of Rochester, in the county 0F Monroe,ia nd State of 'Newl York, have invented a certainnew'and useful Improvementfin -Sealing-Rings for Fruit-Jars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact`description thcreofQ-reference being had toithe accompanying-drawings, making part of this specicatiorn vFigure 1 is a sectional elevation of' myimproved jar.

Figure 2, a. perspective view of the sealing-ring detached.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

My invention consists of a paper or other iiexible ring,'vvhose inside"s coat.ed with-gum or waxfso that'. when slipped over the joint, betweenthe'jar and cover, the contact oradhesion of the gum will seal the joint.

In the drawings, A indicates an ordinary glass jar, and B the cover, which fits over the topins'uch a maiiner as to make a close joint at a, and presenta smooth surfaceoithe, jar outside.

Over this 'surface slips a ring, C, made of paper or `other iiexible'rxateriah coated on the insidewith gunti or wax, which, by contact or. adhesion, seals the joint. I arnawarethat entire covers made of paperg'and coated with gum, covering thev top of the jar, have before I been used. Such are not onlyl expensive and difficult toiliakeQhut` the seams are liable to become open, thereby admitting the air. Besides, the contents of the jar ycoming incontactwithf the paperQbecome tainted bythe gum; and, furthermore, it has been found nearly impossible to so protect the cover thatit will not become wet and soaked, thus rendering the whole worthless, besides destroying thefruit.4 j i In myV device the fruit can only come in' contact with the glass cover, the paper ring being entirely isolated. The great advantage results,l however, from the great cheapn'ess and the facility of manufacture, and the ease oiiapplication ofthe ring. Being nnade in the form of simple rings, the pieces can be coated with gum, cut in strips, and simplyjointcdat the ends, when they -arereaciyi'or application. They. are much less diiiicult to make than one entire cover, which must be made-of several parts of different form to apply together.

These rings may be' placed in' the market as a new and ,distinct article of manufacture, ready for applica tion to the jars when cnc'e finished.

'I do not claim a prepared cover coated with gum, as I am aware that' the sanne is not new. Neither do I claiui a rubber band or capsule connected with the cover or jar for covering the joint; but

What I claim as uiy'invention, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent, as a new-article of manufacture, is A sealing-ring4 for fruit-jars lformed from a strip or stripsv of paper, o r other flexible materiel, coated on the inside wthgnm orwax, for covering the joint between the Vcoverand jar, as herein setforth, i In witness whereof, I haveihereunto signed my naine in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

w. A.' LoDER.

' Witnessesi R. F. Oscoop, W. J. C'RELMAN. 

